Galveston County

Galveston County is located in the Upper Gulf Coast Region of Texas. The County Seat is Galveston and the largest city is League City. The 2014 population estimate is 314,198 and the 2010 census population was 291,304. The land area is 378.36 square miles and there are 769.9 persons per square mile.

80.2% of the population is White, 13.7% is Black or African American, 23.5% is Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% is Asian, 0.8% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.9% is two or more races. 87.1% have a high school degree or higher, and 28.5% have a Bachelor degree or higher.

The median home value is $148,600, there are 110,032 households, an average of 2.65 persons per household. The per capita income is $30,926, the median household income is $61,877, and 13.3% of the persons in Galveston County are considered below poverty level.

The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 22,869. Retail sales (in $1000) were $2,750,294, and sales per capita were $9,700. The percentage of black-owned firms is 7.6%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 30%.